The Code Enforcement Official of the Village of Valatie shall enforce all of the provisions of this chapter. Such Code Enforcement Official shall have the right, at all times, to enter and inspect any mobile home park, trailer camp and other premises used for the parking or placement of a mobile home.
A.
If the Village Code Enforcement Official finds and reports to the Village Board that a mobile home park or a trailer camp for which a permit has been issued is not being maintained in a clean and sanitary condition or is not being operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the Village Board may, by resolution, authorize the personal service upon the holder of the permit of a written order which will require the holder of the permit to correct the conditions specified in such order within 10 days after the service of such order.
B.
If the holder of such permit shall refuse or fail to correct the condition or conditions specified in such order within 10 days after the personal service of such order, the Village Board may, by resolution, revoke such permit, and the holder of the permit shall thereupon terminate the operation of such mobile home park or trailer camp.
C.
However, if the owner or operator of such mobile home park or trailer camp shall thereafter correct such conditions and bring the mobile home park or trailer camp into compliance with this chapter, such owner may then apply for the issuance of a new permit for such park or camp, and, if the application is approved and a permit is granted, the applicant shall pay to the Village Clerk the fee required by this chapter, without any credit for the fee paid for the permit which was revoked.
A.
If the Village Code Enforcement Official finds and reports to the Village Board that any mobile home located outside a permitted mobile home park is not being maintained in accordance with the provisions of § 219-37 or 219-38 of this chapter, the Village Board may serve a written order, by certified mail, upon the holder of the permit and/or the owner of the mobile home and/or the owner of the premises, directing that the condition or conditions therein specified be remedied within 20 days after the date of service of the order.
[Amended 4-22-1980 by L.L. No. 12-1980]
B.
If such condition or conditions are not corrected within the 20 days, the Village Board may revoke such permit. Upon revocation of the permit, the water supply and sewage disposal system shall be disconnected, and the mobile home shall be removed from the premises.
[Amended 4-22-1980 by L.L. No. 1-1980]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuance of an offense for each day 24 hours shall be deemed a distinct and separate violation.
[Amended 1-10-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
A.
For purposes of this section, the term or terms "mobile home" or "travel trailer" shall include but not be limited to recreational vehicles, further defined to include a vehicular camping unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use that either has its own mode of power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle. Recreational vehicles include, but are not limited to, camping trailers, fifth wheel trailers, motor homes, park trailers, travel trailers, mobile homes and truck campers.
B.
For purposes of this section the term or terms "trailer" shall include boats and boat trailers, utility trailers, enclosed trailers, open trailers, low-boy trailers, snowmobile trailers, flatbed trailers, commodity trailers, concession trailers, freight trailers, gooseneck trailers, horse trailers, livestock trailers, refrigerated trailers, cargo trailers, it being the intention of this section to include but not be limited to specific trailer types, but all trailers.
C.
None of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to the following, and the following shall control over any other inconsistent provisions of the Code:
(1)
The business of mobile home or travel trailer sales, except that, where units are used as living quarters, they shall conform to the provisions of this chapter.
(2)
The storage or garaging of mobile homes or travel trailers or trailers as defined above within a building or structure is permitted.
(3)
The storage of one unoccupied mobile home or travel trailer or trailer as defined above on premises occupied as the principal residence by the owner of such mobile home or travel trailer or trailer is permitted, provided that such mobile home or travel trailer or trailer is located in compliance with all applicable building setbacks and shall not be parked or located between the street line and the front building line of such premises.
(4)
A mobile home or travel trailer or trailer located on the site of a construction project, survey project or other similar work project and which is used solely as a field office or work- or toolhouse in connection with such project, provided that such mobile home or travel trailer or trailer is removed from such site within 30 days after the completion of such project.
(5)
A sectional house which is prefabricated in sections, transported to the building site, then fastened together and placed on a permanent and totally enclosed masonry foundation and which has a minimum width of 18 feet for its entire length and contains a minimum of 720 square feet of usable living space.